SMS Hela was an aviso of the German Imperial Navy prior to and during World War I. The only ship of her class, Hela was launched on 28 March 1895 in Bremen. She was named after the Hela peninsula near Danzig (present-day Gdansk). Hela was lightly armed for a light cruiser; her main armament consisted of just four . In 1899 she was re-classified to a light cruiser.